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Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
I have had excellent experiences with Ebay, I just received a nice clean working HP85046A from the US, a Morse taper reamer from Ukraine, and two lots of PCBs from China (plated thru holes, silk
By rovmkr · #73674 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
You do have to have good hamfests. It also depends on what you want to buy and whether or not the market it there for such things. For a "relatively zero" probability event, I've managed to do fairly
By Harvey White · #73673 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
I've been using Ebay since 1996 (when it was called "AuctionWeb") and have a 100% rating. I don't use it that much any more, but it's invaluable for some small and/or hard-to-find things, especially
By Daniel Wolstenholme · #73672 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
I've had several ebay transactions that didn't turn out well (bootleg SW, counterfeit SW, previously used serial numbers, etc.) In all cases the claims with ebay went smoothly and easily and I was
By dburton97128@... · #73671 ·
Re: Test Equipment where battery failure causes SERIOUS problems
This may not be the best place to mention this but I have an Advantest R3131 spectrum analyzer that had its battery fail and as a result "forgot" that it has a tracking generator installed. I have
By Leland Ford · #73670 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
I agree with what you're saying. Along economic lines, my point would be to not count the ebay protections as worth much. The two times previously that I've tried to invoke them, neither time did I
By Peter Gottlieb · #73669 ·
Recommendations for a synthesized 20GHz+ RF gen
Hey y'all, I'm still noodling at my lovely 8566B, but slowly (skiing is the curse of the RF-curious hobbyist :). I feel I have a decent handle on the IF unit and its issues now. At some point in the
By Sigur?ur ?sgeirsson · #73668 ·
Re: 16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
--------------------- It appears that all that is wrong with these units is that they are missing pull-up resistors on the PS/2 ports. There are even unpopulated pads for them directly behind the
By dburton97128@... · #73667 ·
Re: Test Equipment where battery failure causes SERIOUS problems
Not 100% sure yet but I have an E4445A spectrum analyzer with a dead battery, it thinks it is an E4440A, has lost all options, and can't even run self cal because it doesn't know it has a preamp in
By twrch@... · #73666 ·
Re: 16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
As I remember there is a specific manufacture of keyboard and mouse that the 1600 wants. The rest of the world'ss key/mice are??not recognized. Jack KG6INX
By Jack Mcmullen <forjack842@...> · #73665 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
If your gonna sell, that's how I??do it. Now I've had one dead beat which didn't really stop me from selling it. After 3 days of no response or payment from a zero feedback buyer, I just relisted it
By Jack Mcmullen <forjack842@...> · #73664 ·
Re: Test Equipment where battery failure causes SERIOUS problems
My 8590B battery died one day while I was using it, and it may be cheaper to buy one that hasn't lost its cal factors than get this one recalibrated. I have meanwhile switched to an Avantek 3261A,
By ka5s@... · #73663 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
But the chance that one might find something relatively rarely sold that one really wants or needs at the hamfests one can find a way to actually get oneself to is close to zero, while if it is on
By Dave Emery · #73662 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
[hp_agilent_equipment] <hp_agilent_equipment@...> wrote: I've come to the conclusion you can put very little reliance on feedback, as the system is so screwed up. eBay have a team which
By Dr. David Kirkby (Kirkby Microwave Ltd) <drkirkby@...> · #73661 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
Start with making the system easy to use. Make the rules simple and clear. Rules which do not favor buyer or seller in a dispute. Have actual humans review disputes. Have one more level, for appeal.
By Peter Gottlieb · #73660 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
John, It has never been that difficult to know how to deal with integrity. The WILLINGNESS to do so is where the problems begin! Tom
By wb6dgn_tom@... · #73659 ·
Re: 16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
From my archives, a post by Martin Hodge on the eevblog forum in 2014: --------------------- It appears that all that is wrong with these units is that they are missing pull-up resistors on the PS/2
By Dave McGuire · #73658 ·
Re: eBay buyer protections are poor
You'd need a PhD in game theory to figure out how to do that. Most likely, you'd end up proving that it's impossible. Think of all the "problem child" users a business like eBay has to deal with, on
By John Miles · #73657 ·
Re: 16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
I use a Logitech M-BD58 mouse on my 16700A without any problems. This is an older optical mouse with a USB-PS/2 adapter on the end. I do recall reading that some keyboards and mice did not work do to
By Paul Berger · #73656 ·
16700B mouse and keyboard compatibility
I just tried to update from an ancient logitech ps/2 mouse with ball to a new ps/2 laser mouse. My 16700B didn't recognize it. Same result with a new compact keyboard. My old one, that dates from
By ed beers · #73655 ·